Reliability analysis of wind-excited structures

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Pagnini, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Reliability; Safety index; Uncertainty propagation; Wind excited response

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; EXCITED STATES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RANDOM VARIABLES; RELIABILITY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND STRESS;

AERODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; APPROXIMATE DESCRIPTIONS; DETERMINISTIC QUANTITY; PROBABILISTIC RESPONSE; SAFETY INDEX; STRUCTURAL VERIFICATION; UNCERTAINTY PROPAGATION; WIND EXCITED STRUCTURES;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 71949087678     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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